Which paid more, GPIQ or XYLG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, GPIQ or XYLG?

With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, GPIQ or XYLG?

GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

GPIQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its price in cash against GPIQ’s 10.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $6.4bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF, and $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

10.9%

GPIQ cash paid, 1 year

12.7%

XYLG cash paid, 1 year

+13.0%

GPIQ total return, 1 year

+15.6%

XYLG total return, 1 year

GPIQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ

+13.0%

QQQ

+12.3%

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

10.9% of it arrived as cash

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

10.9% as cash

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

10.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.6%. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; GPIQ is far larger, $6.5bn against $72m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	GPIQ	XYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	GPIQ	XYLG
Total return, 1 year	+13.0%	+15.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 1.7%	rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	GPIQ	XYLG
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	GPIQ	XYLG
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.5bn	$72m
Holdings
Measure	GPIQ	XYLG
Holdings in common	51%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XYLG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score69.8GPIQ70.4XYLG

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

GPIQ 69.8

XYLG 70.4

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

51%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and XYLG hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

51% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ XYLG

NVIDIA CORP 7.47% 7.60%

APPLE INC 6.59% 7.09%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.20% 4.15%

MICROSOFT CORP 3.95% 5.39%

ALPHABET INC 3.54% 3.26%

BROADCOM INC 2.68% 2.88%

ALPHABET INC 2.56% 2.63%

META PLATFORMS INC 2.77% 1.91%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62% 1.45%

TESLA INC 3.17% 1.36%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10% 1.21%

WALMART INC 2.12% 0.76%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in GPIQ

LINDE PLC 1.11%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.90%

ASML HOLDING NV 0.83%

ARM HOLDINGS PLC 0.67%

SHOPIFY INC 0.52%

MERCADOLIBRE INC 0.44%

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 0.38%

ASTERA LABS INC 0.37%

Only in XYLG

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.47%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.46%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.00%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.96%

VISA INC. 0.94%

MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.72%

ABBVIE INC. 0.69%

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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Goldman Sachs Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 4.4%

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 10.9% 12.7%

Price change, 1 year +1.7% +1.5%

Total return, 1 year +13.0% +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +0.7 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 80%

Age 3.0 years 6.1 years

Net assets, GPIQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $6.4bn $72m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: GPIQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	GPIQ	XYLG	GPIQ	XYLG	GPIQ	XYLG
3 months	−2.6%	+1.4%	2.6%	1.1%	+0.8 pts	+1.5 pts
6 months	+0.5%	+6.7%	5.3%	2.5%	+0.9 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	+13.0%	+15.6%	10.9%	12.7%	+0.7 pts	+0.8 pts
3 years	+80.0%	+65.6%	38.3%	44.3%	−11.4 pts	−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · XYLG Sep 2020	+91.4%	+116.0%	40.7%	69.8%	−13.4 pts	−38.4 pts

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About each fund

GPIQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIQ or XYLG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GPIQ or XYLG?: With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or XYLG?: GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

GPIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GPIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Goldman Sachs website ↗

XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLG ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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